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Location: Edmonton, Alberta | Hi all:
I'm in process of removing the engine and transmission from my car. It's a 440V8 coupled with a 727 TF from a 1962 Chrysler product. I went to disconnect the shift cable and I see that the linkage is very different from the Air Cooled TF that's going in the car.
Do I need to drop the pan to disconnect the shift cable from the '62 TF? If not, how do you disconnect this cable? It's certainly going to be a different process than what's described in my 1957 Manual! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | you can do it without removing the pan however it does make it easier. You will first need to remove the neutral safety switch to access the retaining spring so drain off some fluid. Next remove the bolt holding the adjusting wheel and give it a tug to get out of the trans. Then with a screwdriver "feel" for the retaining spring and pry up a little while pulling on the cable to remove. Be patient and you don't need to pull real hard.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | the parking brake cable is done similarly except access is through the allen head cap screw. The retaining bolt is sort of a wedge so no need to remove the bolt. just loosen enough to get "play" in the cable. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Visuals always help.
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Location: Eastern Iowa | Just to clarify,
If indeed it is a '62 aluminum tranny, it will be equipped with the external mounted, internal expanding drum type park brake.
1962 was the last year for the drum type brake.
63 and up had the lever actuated park brake as pictured in the above illustration.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | To further expound on the subject there were two different Torqueflites offered in '62. This was the first year of the park sprag trans for the B bodies while full sized cars retained the brake drum. |
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta | Hi all:
I believe it's the aluminum tranny.... it does indeed that the external mounted internal expanding park brake. The image posted in the second post on this thread appears to be exactly what's on my car. Interestingly enough, it is a similar removal process to the '57 air cooled type. I didn't clue in to the neutral starting switch removal on the 727, which I probably should have.
Thank you very much for posting this.... this is the info I needed. |
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Location: NorCal |
You don't really need to remove the NSS; if you place the shifter in Reverse and back the adjustment wheel all the way off and let it slide up the cable then pull the cable out as far as it will come and you can push on the wire end with a long skinny screwdriver to release the cable. |
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta | ABloch and 57 chizler....
Gentleman.....thank you! This was the info I needed. After a couple of rounds of cussing, I managed to get the cable released. A skinny screwdriver is right! I ended up using an awl to release the cable as it was the only thing I had that was skinny enough to slide in the shifter cable hole. I used a hybrid of the two suggestions. Removing the NSS allowed me to get a light behind what I was doing from the cable hole and it was enough to see the clip.
Thank you again.... I've been fighting with this for awhile, and I'm now ready to pull the engine and trans.
Abloch..... great pics and drawings. You took some time doing this and I appreciate it. They are bang on to what I was doing.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | No problem Gord. I forgot to mention the cussing part. It helps a lot in the cable release. |
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1962 TF Shift Cable removal
